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Newspaper Headlines: It’s Nigeria’s loss that Osinbajo didn’t become president, says Sanusi

Reports on workers’ welfare and the access granted to Nigerians fleeing Sudan in Egypt dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch reports that Bola Tinubu, president-elect, has promised to take tough and hard decisions to reposition the country for the benefit of the citizens and workers. The newspaper reports that Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, said the federal government might not be able to pay workers’ salaries beyond June 2023 without resorting to massively printing money or removing petrol subsidy.
The Nation says some civil servants across ministries, departments and agencies have been suspended over their alleged roles in the padding of salaries. The newspaper reports that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will release the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results today.
Daily Trust reports that Egypt has opened its borders for Nigerians fleeing Sudan. The newspaper says the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has banned the importation of Indomie noodles into the country.
THISDAY reports that Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), said he was neither arrested nor did he commit any offence in the United Kingdom but was only stopped for routine immigration checks over what appeared to be duplication of his identity. The newspaper says Muhammadu Sanusi II, former Emir of Kano, said it was Nigeria’s loss that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo did not become the country’s president.
Daily Sun reports that the leadership of the senate has intensified efforts to frustrate any plan to alter the standing orders of the upper chamber ahead of the inauguration of the 10th national assembly. The newspaper says Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue, has asked the members of the national assembly to reject the grazing reserve bill.

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